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Mackey v. Lanier Collection Agency & Ser

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Mackey v. Lanier Collection Agency & Ser - Oral Argument
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Advocates
Ernest L. Mathews, Jr. (on behalf of the Petitioners)
Brian J. Martin (as amicus curiae, supporting Petitioners)
Maureen E. Mahoney (as amicus curiae, supporting judgment below)
Case Basics
Docket No.: 
86-1387
Petitioner: 
Mackey v. Lanier Collection Agency & Ser
Decided By: 
Rehnquist Court (1988-1990)
Opinion: 
486 U.S. 825 (1988)
Argued: 
Tuesday, April 19, 1988
Decided: 
Friday, June 17, 1988
Issues: 
Federalism, Federal Preemption of State Regulation

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The Oyez Project, Mackey v. Lanier Collection Agency & Ser , 486 U.S. 825 (1988)
available at: (http://oyez.org/cases/1980-1989/1987/1987_86_1387)
(last visited Sunday, November 29, 2009).
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Decisions

Decision: 5 votes for Lanier Collection Agency & Ser, 4 vote(s) against
Legal provision: Employee Retirement Income Security

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Voted with the majority
Rehnquist
Voted with the majority
Brennan
Wrote the majority opinion
White
Voted with the majority
Marshall
Voted with the minority, joined Kennedy's dissent
Blackmun
Voted with the majority
Stevens
Voted with the minority, joined Kennedy's dissent
O'Connor
Voted with the minority, joined Kennedy's dissent
Scalia
Wrote a dissent
Kennedy

Full Opinion by Justice Byron R. White